kālk

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Meaning:	“(thin) paste deposited by oily substances when ground”
Word class:	noun
Language:	TB
Equivalent in other languages:	Skt. kalka-
Lexeme variants:	kālk
Number:	singular
Case:	nominative
Gender:	masculine_singular

Paradigm

	sg	pl	du
nom	kālk
voc
acc
gen
loc
comit
inst
abl
perl
all
caus

Lexeme family

• akālk “wish” n

  	sg	pl
  nom	akālk	akālkänta
  acc	akālk	akālkänta
  gen	akālkäntse	akālkäntaṃts
  abl	akālkmeṃ
  perl	akālksa
  all	akālkäś

  • akālkäṣṣe “pertaining to wishing”

    	sg.m
    nom	akālkäṣṣe
    acc	akālkäṣṣe

  • kālk “(thin) paste deposited by oily substances when ground” msg

    	sg
    nom	kālk

    • kalkaṣṣe “(thin) paste deposited by oily substances when ground”

      	pl.f
      acc	kalkaṣṣana

  • akālkätstse “having a wish”

    	sg.m
    nom	akālkätstse